18/12/2018

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European Council President Donald
Tusk

European Council President Donald
Tusk has called a meeting of EU leaders to discuss Brexit, however, he warned
that they would not renegotiate the withdrawal deal with the United Kingdom.
After British Prime Minister Theresa May postponed a Parliamentary vote to
approve the deal, Mr Tusk said that the leaders would meet on Thursday. He said
that they will not renegotiate the deal, including the backstop, but ready to
discuss how to facilitate UK ratification.

Voyager 2 is the only probe ever to study Neptune and
Uranus during planetary flybys.It is the second man-made object to leave our
planet. It is now 11 billion miles from Earth, following behind it’s sister
spacecraft, Voyager 1, which is 6 years ahead of it. The probe is estimated to
be travelling at 34,000 mph.

Rajiv Mehrishi appointed as Vice-Chair of UN Panel of
Auditors

Comptroller and Auditor General Rajiv
Mehrishi has become the Vice-Chair of the UN Panel of Auditors, CAG said on
Tuesday. The United Nations Panel of Auditors consists of External Auditors of
the United Nations and its agencies.Presently, the panel consists of 11
countries -- India, Germany, Chile, Canada, France, Italy, Philippines, Ghana,
Indonesia, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Currently, the panel is chaired by
the Comptroller and Auditor General of the UK.

Prime Minister inaugurates fourth Partners’ Forum

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today
inaugurated the fourth Partners’ Forum in New Delhi today. The objective of the
conference is to improve knowledge, alignment and accountability to accelerate
action on women’s, children’s and adolescents health.Deputy Prime Minister of
Nepal Upendra Yadav, First Lady of Belize Kim Simplis Barrow, President of
Inter-Parliamentary Union Ms Gabriela Cuevas Barron, Chairperson of Global She
Decides Movement Tikhala Itaye, Union Health Minister J P Nadda addressed the
inaugural session.The Partners’ Forum is a global health
partnership launched in September 2005 to accelerate efforts to reduce child
and maternal mortality, improve adolescent, child, newborn and maternal
health.The forum will also present and explore the findings of the 12 Success
Factors case studies that showcase how countries are collaborating across
sectors to improve women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health.

Time magazine’s “Person of the Year”

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was
murdered in October at his country’s Istanbul consulate, has been named Time
magazine’s “Person of the Year” alongside several other journalists.The
magazine has also honoured Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, Reuters reporters
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo — currently imprisoned in Myanmar and the staff of the
Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, including five members killed in a June
shooting.

Deep
Sea Submarine Rescue System Inducted into the Indian

Indian Navy's first flyaway Deep Sea Submarine Rescue System was
formally inducted by Admiral Sunil Lanba, Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee
and Chief of the Naval Staff, at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai. Vice Admiral
Girish Luthra, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, former
CNS/Cs-in-C as well as the senior management of the Original Equipment
Manufacturer, M/s James Fisher and Sons Pvt. Ltd, UK were present during the
induction ceremony. Aquisition of this capability is a significant and
pioneering jump in the Indian Navy's capability in deep submarine rescue.The
Indian Navy currently operates submarines of the Sindhughosh, Shishumar,
Kalvari Classes as well as nuclear powered submarines. The operating medium and
the nature of operations undertaken by submarines expose them to high degree of
inherent risk. In such an eventuality, traditional methods of search and rescue
at sea are ineffective for a disabled submarine. To overcome this capability
gap the Navy has acquired a third generation, advanced Submarine Rescue System
considering of a Non-tethered Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) and its
associated equipment.

The Indian Navy now joins a select league of Nations worldwide with the
sovereign capability, in fly away configuration, to search, locate and rescue
crew from a disabled Submarine. The Deep Sea rescue system would have a global
footprint and can be mobilised from the Naval base at Mumbai to the nearest
mobilisation port by air/land or sea to provide rapid rescue to the Submarines
in distress. The newly acquired capability would be operated and deployed by
the crew of Indian Navy's newly formed Submarine Rescue Unit (West) from its
base in Mumbai.The Indian Navy's Deep Sea Submarine Rescue System considered to
be the most advanced system currently in operation globally, is capable of
undertaking rescue from a disabled Submarine upto 650 m depth. The DSRV, which
is operated by a crew of three, can rescue 14 personnel from a disabled
Submarine at one time and can operate in extreme sea conditions (upto Sea State
6).

LED
Lights at Stations

All electrified Railway
stations other than those in gauge conversion have already been provided with
100% LED luminaries by 30.03.2018. Also, 99% of service buildings have been
provided with 100% LED lights over Indian Railways. Use of 100% LED lights will
reduce energy consumption for non-traction purpose by about 10%. This will be
equivalent to about 240 million units of electricity per annum.

With the 9th edition of the Vibrant
Gujarat Global Summit 2019 fast approaching, Gujarat Education Minister Mr.
Bhupendrasinh Chudasama led the official road-show for the Global Summit in
Kolkata at the Swiss hotel here today. The Minister was leading
a delegation of senior officials of Government of Gujarat which included Mr. A.K Rakesh, Principal
Secretary, Panchayat, Rural Housing and Development, Mrs. Mamta Verma IAS,
Industries Commissioner and Mrs. S. Chhakchhuak IAS, Director Gujarat Energy
Development Authority

Addressing a hall filled with
industrialists and business leaders from the manufacturing and service sectors,
Mr. Chudasama laid out the theme and focus for the 9th edition of
the biennial summit. He spoke in detail about the investment potential in Gujarat
and gave a glimpse of the government policies designed for different sectors
that have furthered growth and investment in the state of Gujarat.

Mr.
Chudasama also spoke about mega projects such as the Special Investment Regions
at Dholera and Mandal-Becharaji; GIFT City; Saykha Industrial Estate within
PCPIR; Coastal Economic Zone in Kachchh; and India’s first 1 GW offshore wind
energy park, the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor and Ahmedabad-Mumbai Bullet
Train.

Shaktikanta Das has been appointed the new Governor of the RBI

Former
Finance Secretary Shaktikanta Das has been appointed the new Governor of the
Reserve Bank of India. Mr Das will have a tenure of three years. The
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved his name. Mr Das is
currently a Member of the Finance Commission.
Yesterday, incumbent RBI Governor Urjit Patel had resigned from his job citing
personal reasons.

National Register of Citizens (NRC) deadline

The Supreme Court on December 12,
2018 extended the deadline for the submission of claims and objections by
individuals excluded from the first draft of the Assam National Register of
Citizens (NRC) to December 31, 2018.The Assam government released the final
draft of NRC on July 30, 2018. The list incorporates names of 2.89 crore people
out of 3.29 crore applicants. The names of 40.07 lakh people have been left
out.The National
Register of Citizens (NRC) is a list that contains names of Indian citizens of
Assam. It was last prepared after Census in 1951. Assam, which had faced an
influx of people from Bangladesh since the early 20th century, is the only
state having an NRC.The Assam government on July 30, 2018 released the second
and final draft of the state’s National Register of Citizens (NRC). The draft
includes the names of Indian citizens who have been residing in Assam before
March 25, 1971.UK government suspend “golden visaThe UK government has put on hold
plans to suspend “golden visa” category in reference to its use by super-rich
foreign nationals, including Indians, to acquire fast-track settlement rights
in Britain.They provide a faster route for wealthy investors coming from
outside the European Union and Switzerland to settle in Britain. The program
was introduced in 2008 to attract wealthy foreign nationals willing to invest
large amounts of capital in Britain.World’s
first floating nuclear plant in Russia:Akademik Lomonosov is the world’s
first “floating” nuclear power plant (FNPP). It is coming up in Russia.An FNPP is
basically a mobile, low-capacity reactor unit operable in remote areas isolated
from the main power distribution system, or in places hard to access by land.
They are designed to maintain both uninterruptible power and plentiful
desalinated water supply in remote areas.

Exhibition
on Futuristic Technologies at Science City for Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2019

Ahead of the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit
2019, preparations are in full swing at Science City in Ahmedabad to put on a
display a mega-exhibition of Futuristic Technologies as well
as an exhibition on Space.

Starting from
the 17th of January, Science City in Ahmedabad will hold an
exhibition on Futuristic technologies that have real world commercial
applications.The exhibition
will provide a glimpse of the advanced technologies that were once considered
the stuff of science fiction, and the futuristic technologies demonstration
will showcase the smartgadgets that control every facet of home, self-driving vehicles, facial and
biometricidentification systems, precision robots and drones, giving everyone
aglimpse of the high-tech reality we’re moving towards.These technologies will change the landscape of the world, as we know it
today.

Some of the
world’s most renowned
tech companies such as Microsoft, IBM, Phillipsetc will put on display and
demonstrate their research projects that they have been developing. Futuristic technologies that have applications
in the healthcare sector, agriculture sector and well as urban mobility devices
and lifestyle tech devices will be on display for the visitors to experience
for themselves.

important announcements for
better and effective sustainable and industrial development

Gujarat Chief Minister Mr. Vijay
Rupani

has urged the Pollution Control
Board and GIDC to make the

process of obtaining various
permissions completely online in order to ensure an effective, transparent and
easy way for industrialists.

The CM said to move a step ahead
and adopt ‘Feel of Doing Business’ for providing better facilities to
industrialists. He further stressed on making the state Vibrant in terms of
more investments, and more employment opportunities through an honest,
transparent, and sensitive administrative which will ensure a red carpet for
industries. Keeping this in mind, the CM made 12 important announcements.

The industrial units who wish to
obtain Environmental clearance have been relived from the CTE process.

1)The
industrial units who wished to avail EC had to take 2 other approvals of NCOM
from EC and GPCB which was cumbersome and time consuming.

2)The state
government shall provide the EC to industrial units in no more than 105 days.

3)As many as
1,000 industries will benefit from this leading to employment generation for
10,000 people.

Noted
English writer Amitav Ghosh honoured with Jnanpith Award

Noted English
writer Amitav Ghosh has been honoured with this year's Jnanpith Award.

The decision was taken in a meeting of Jnanpith
Selection Board chaired by eminent novelist, scholar and Jnanpith laureate
Pratibha Ray. In a statement, Bharatiya Jnanpith said Amitav Ghosh is a
path-breaking novelist. In his novels, Ghosh treads through historical settings
to the modern era and weaves a space where the past connects with the present
in relevant ways. Ghosh, one of the most prominent contemporary
Indian writers, is known for a series of novels such as "Shadow
Lines", "The Glass Palace", "The Hungry Tide", and
Ibis Trilogy "Sea of Poppies", "River of Smoke", and
"Flood of Fire" chronicling the Opium trade between India and China
run by the East India Company. Ghosh is also recipient of the Padma Shri and
Sahitya Akademi Award.

15/12/2018

Vidhyashakti
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becoz our motto is
" we share knowledge for future"

Vidhyashakti
vidhyashakti current affairs magazine is a most popular current affairs magazine in gujarati language. vidhyashakti magazine published by experienced journalist. we always provide authentic news and fact cheked data for gujarati competitive exam aspirant. our aim is to selfless help to students.
becoz our motto is
" we share knowledge for future"

14/12/2018

Vidhyashakti
vidhyashakti current affairs magazine is a most popular current affairs magazine in gujarati language. vidhyashakti magazine published by experienced journalist. we always provide authentic news and fact cheked data for gujarati competitive exam aspirant. our aim is to selfless help to students.
becoz our motto is
" we share knowledge for future"

National Register of Citizens (NRC) deadline

The Supreme Court on December 12,
2018 extended the deadline for the submission of claims and objections by
individuals excluded from the first draft of the Assam National Register of
Citizens (NRC) to December 31, 2018.The Assam government released the final
draft of NRC on July 30, 2018. The list incorporates names of 2.89 crore people
out of 3.29 crore applicants. The names of 40.07 lakh people have been left
out.The National
Register of Citizens (NRC) is a list that contains names of Indian citizens of
Assam. It was last prepared after Census in 1951. Assam, which had faced an
influx of people from Bangladesh since the early 20th century, is the only
state having an NRC.The Assam government on July 30, 2018 released the second
and final draft of the state’s National Register of Citizens (NRC). The draft
includes the names of Indian citizens who have been residing in Assam before
March 25, 1971.UK government suspend “golden visaContext: The UK government has put on
hold plans to suspend “golden visa” category in reference to its use by
super-rich foreign nationals, including Indians, to acquire fast-track
settlement rights in Britain.They provide a faster route for wealthy investors
coming from outside the European Union and Switzerland to settle in Britain.
The program was introduced in 2008 to attract wealthy foreign nationals willing
to invest large amounts of capital in Britain.World’s
first floating nuclear plant in Russia:Akademik
Lomonosov is the world’s first “floating” nuclear power plant (FNPP). It is coming up in Russia.An
FNPP is basically a mobile, low-capacity reactor unit operable in remote areas
isolated from the main power distribution system, or in places hard to access
by land. They are designed to maintain both uninterruptible power and plentiful
desalinated water supply in remote areas.

Exhibition
on Futuristic Technologies at Science City for Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2019

:Ahead of the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit
2019, preparations are in full swing at Science City in Ahmedabad to put on a
display a mega-exhibition of Futuristic Technologies as well
as an exhibition on Space.

Starting from
the 17th of January, Science City in Ahmedabad will hold an
exhibition on Futuristic technologies that have real world commercial
applications.The exhibition
will provide a glimpse of the advanced technologies that were once considered
the stuff of science fiction, and the futuristic technologies demonstration
will showcase the smartgadgets that control every facet of home, self-driving vehicles, facial and biometricidentification
systems, precision robots and drones, giving everyone aglimpse of the high-tech reality we’re moving towards.These
technologies will change the landscape of the world, as we know it today.

Some of the
world’s most renowned
tech companies such as Microsoft, IBM, Phillipsetc will put on display and
demonstrate their research projects that they have been developing. Futuristic technologies that have applications
in the healthcare sector, agriculture sector and well as urban mobility devices
and lifestyle tech devices will be on display for the visitors to experience
for themselves.

The exhibition
will be an opportunity to engage, educate and experience the new age and future
technologies such as, Microsoft Halo Lens, IBM Watson, Google Li-fi, Amazon Alexa, lifesaving U-Safe that can drive itself around in the water
by remote control to save any life, Smart HomeAutomation, Mixed Reality/Augmented Reality, Robotic use cases for
industrial and consumer applications, Holographic Technology, Companion robots,
indigenous space suit and supercomputers and so on.

The Futuristic
Technology exhibition will also showcase the advances technology has made in
the agriculture sector.The concept of
container farming,modular indoor farms, 100% Biodegradable substitute to Plastic, Advanced
DrivingAssisted Solutions, Smart Factory concept by Panasonic, Hyperloop
mobility, SmartAgriculture, Automation Technology, Li- Fi by Philips, AI-Health Care Solution, Drone(Surveillance and
security) and many more
products and technological platforms will be available at the Science City. The demonstration of futuristic technologies
will help the students, entrepreneurs, start-ups andcitizenslearn the technological trends and will encourage
innovation towards such technological verticals.

Along with the
Futuristic Tech devices, the Department of Science and Technology, Government
of Gujarat is also putting on display an exhibition on Space. The exhibition will cover an area of more than
9000 sqft. With the theme
of the Vibrant Gujarat summit being “Shaping a New
India” the aim of the
exhibition at Science City is to stimulate curiosity and innovation among young
minds for the ‘New India’ mission as laidout by the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. In his Independence Day address to the nation
in August earlier this year, Prime Minster Modi also set a challenge to the
nation to complete a manned space before 2022, India’s 75th anniversary of independence.

The exhibition
and the exposure would be a good opportunity for students to learn what
iswithin our reach and what might come up on the horizon in the years to come.

The history and
science of space exploration will be on view in this immersive exhibition that
will feature more than 20 scientific objects, including a Russian space glove
and lunar tire, life-size models, dioramas,
and videos. Interactive displays
will allow visitors to smell a scent station thatmimics what the Moon smells
like, simulate a liquid mirror telescope, deflect asteroids in adigital kiosk,
learn about terraforming, and even fly over Mars!.The Exhibition on
Space Exploration will be inaugurated on the 17th of January and will be on
display till the 11th of May, giving the science and technology enthusiasts an
opportunity to witness the developments on the frontiers of the science and
also to explore all the new development that is happening at the science city.

important announcements for
better and effective sustainable and industrial development

Gujarat Chief Minister Mr. Vijay
Rupani

has urged the Pollution Control
Board and GIDC to make the

process of obtaining various permissions
completely online in order to ensure an effective, transparent and easy way for
industrialists.

The CM said to move a step ahead
and adopt ‘Feel of Doing Business’ for providing better facilities to
industrialists. He further stressed on making the state Vibrant in terms of
more investments, and more employment opportunities through an honest,
transparent, and sensitive administrative which will ensure a red carpet for
industries. Keeping this in mind, the CM made 12 important announcements.

The industrial units who wish to
obtain Environmental clearance have been relived from the CTE process.

1)The industrial units who wished
to avail EC had to take 2 other approvals of NCOM from EC and GPCB which was
cumbersome and time consuming.

2)The state government shall
provide the EC to industrial units in no more than 105 days.

3)As many as 1,000 industries will
benefit from this leading to employment generation for 10,000 people.